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Hawks Nest - Tea Gardens

Dwelling type

In Hawks Nest - Tea Gardens, 18.4% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 18% in MidCoast Council area.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Hawks Nest - Tea Gardens's residential role and function. A greater concentration of higher density dwellings is likely to attract more young adults and smaller households, often renting. Larger, detached or separate dwellings are more likely to attract families and prospective families. The residential built form often reflects market opportunities or planning policy, such as building denser forms of housing around public transport nodes or employment centres.

Dwelling Type statistics should be viewed in conjunction with Household Size, Household Types, Housing Tenure and Age Structure for a more complete picture of the housing market in Hawks Nest - Tea Gardens.

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Derived from the Census:

'Dwelling Structure is derived from the ABS address register supplemented with information from Census Field Officers.'

Dwelling structure
Hawks Nest - Tea Gardens - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%MidCoast Council area %Number%MidCoast Council area %2016 to 2021
Separate house2,67180.179.52,41576.377.9+256
Medium density53916.214.256117.714.8-22
High density732.23.81324.23.8-59
Caravans, cabin, houseboat50.21.7250.82.1-20
Other270.80.4220.70.7+5
Not stated190.60.490.30.7+10
Total Private Dwellings3,334100.0100.03,164100.0100.0+170
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dwelling type
Hawks Nest - Tea Gardens20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%MidCoast Council area %Number%MidCoast Council area %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings2,31969.384.51,96662.082.0+353
Unoccupied private dwellings1,01830.415.31,19837.817.7-180
Non private dwellings90.30.350.20.3+4
Total dwellings3,346100.0100.03,169100.0100.0+177
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

In 2021, there were 2,671 separate houses in the area, 539 medium density dwellings, and 73 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Hawks Nest - Tea Gardens in 2021 shows that 80.1% of all dwellings were separate houses; 16.2% were medium density dwellings, and 2.2% were in high density dwellings, compared with 79.5%, 14.2%, and 3.8% in the MidCoast Council area respectively.

In 2021, a total of 69.3% of the dwellings in Hawks Nest - Tea Gardens were occupied on Census night, compared to 84.5% in MidCoast Council area. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 30.4%, which is larger compared to that found in MidCoast Council area (15.3%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Hawks Nest - Tea Gardens increased by 177 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Hawks Nest - Tea Gardens between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+256 dwellings)
  • High density (-59 dwellings)

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